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Take the Safety of Hardworking Miners Seriously!
Target: Richard Stickler, MSHA Assistant SecretarySponsored by: American Rights at Work
Recently released reports uncovered a huge failure at the federal agency in charge of mine safety.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) failed to fine more than 4,000 safety & health violations over the last six years for mines that broke regulations.
Richard Stickler, the man responsible for mine safety in this country, used to be a coal mining manager and executive. President Bush twice bypassed the Senate to appoint Stickler, despite loud protests from anyone familiar with his egregiously anti-safety record.
It's time the safety of America's workers came first! Sign the letter to Mr. Stickler below and add your ideas on how he can do his job.
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We signed the “Take the Safety of Hardworking Miners Seriously!” petition!
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7:39 am PDT, Apr 13,
Allen Huggins, Wisconsin
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Lisa Macklin, Virginia
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Jacki Hoover, Pennsylvania
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Chad Halsey, Indiana
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Judy Frank, Pennsylvania
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Kerry Helfner, Indiana
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Bill McGlone, Connecticut
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Jarvis Garcia, Idaho
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4:40 am PDT, Apr 8,
Susan Holmes, United Kingdom
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Anne Marie Voepel, Missouri
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1:07 pm PDT, Apr 7,
Angela Boss, Canada
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Karinne Gott, New Hampshire
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9:39 am PDT, Apr 7,
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5:23 am PDT, Apr 7,
Elissa Weindling, New York
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) needs to step and fine mine managers and owners for the more than 4,000 safety & health violations over the last six years for mines that broke regulations.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) needs to step and fine mine managers and owners for the more than 4,000 safety & health violations over the last six years for mines that broke regulations.
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2:49 am PDT, Apr 6,
Erik Sjodin, Sweden
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4:55 pm PDT, Apr 5,
Elisa DeLapa, New York
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12:01 pm PDT, Apr 5,
Misty Crary, Arizona
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11:47 am PDT, Apr 5,
Ann Drechsler, Hawaii
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7:54 pm PDT, Apr 4,
Beth Trivette, North Carolina
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6:28 pm PDT, Apr 4,
KJ Herson, Florida
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12:16 pm PDT, Apr 2,
Philip Matherly, Kentucky
Everyone deserves basic safety precautions!!! Think abot it! If your child was working in a factory or a fast food resteraunt and was hurt, they wouldn't wait for him/her to get better! They would say that since they oh it's a major injurgy and they can't come back to work here!!! Minors desreve to work as much as adults do! I can't stress this statement enough!!! Minors like myself would like to have some money that they EARNED at a job coming their way! They wouldn't want to sit around doing nothing when they could be out at a jod like their parents! I mowed a yard last year and even though I was getting paid, it still wasn't enough! I only mowed that yard every other two weeks and there were things that I wanted to buy and I didn't have enough money! I wasn't protected, but I wanted to feel like I was another person going about a job protected!! Minors can't sit around doing jobs like that just during the summer! In order to get them off the streets and out of trouble they need all the necessaties to work in different environments such as a fast food resteraunt like McDonalds or Burger King!
Everyone deserves basic safety precautions!!! Think abot it! If your child was working in a factory or a fast food resteraunt and was hurt, they wouldn't wait for him/her to get better! They would say that since they oh it's a major injurgy and they can't come back to work here!!! Minors desreve to work as much as adults do! I can't stress this statement enough!!! Minors like myself would like to have some money that they EARNED at a job coming their way! They wouldn't want to sit around doing nothing when they could be out at a jod like their parents! I mowed a yard last year and even though I was getting paid, it still wasn't enough! I only mowed that yard every other two weeks and there were things that I wanted to buy and I didn't have enough money! I wasn't protected, but I wanted to feel like I was another person going about a job protected!! Minors can't sit around doing jobs like that just during the summer! In order to get them off the streets and out of trouble they need all the necessaties to work in different environments such as a fast food resteraunt like McDonalds or Burger King!
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11:00 am PDT, Apr 1,
Name not displayed, California
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9:43 am PDT, Apr 1,
Regina Reppert, Pennsylvania
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8:40 am PDT, Mar 31,
Cheryl Planert, North Dakota
Why is it typically "safety and health last" in this country? Big money should not be earned on the suffering backs of any world citizen.
Why is it typically "safety and health last" in this country? Big money should not be earned on the suffering backs of any world citizen.
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5:24 am PDT, Mar 31,
Laura Henry, Kentucky
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11:04 pm PDT, Mar 30,
Christopher Devine, Illinois
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Bobbie Straley, New Mexico
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8:48 am PDT, Mar 30,
Corinne Broskette, Florida
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8:33 am PDT, Mar 30,
David Samuel Mann, Maine
Miners have worked in unsafe conditions for to long. Please inact laws that will give them a fighting chance at survival.
Miners have worked in unsafe conditions for to long. Please inact laws that will give them a fighting chance at survival.
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2:59 am PDT, Mar 30,
Can Atik, Turkey
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8:36 pm PDT, Mar 29,
Analiz Gallagher, Ohio
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Wendy Thorp, Arizona
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12:37 pm PDT, Mar 29,
Steve Ollove, Massachusetts
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8:51 am PDT, Mar 29,
Bonnie Commandeur, Canada
safety is a basic human right
safety is a basic human right
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11:01 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Danielle Pearson, Washington
The US prides its self on being a "developed" country and world leader, but not if it abuses it's people it is NOT.
The US prides its self on being a "developed" country and world leader, but not if it abuses it's people it is NOT.
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6:17 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Kevin Frindik, Louisiana
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Lawrence Walker, Massachusetts
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Brittany Adams, California
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4:31 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Jennifer Wright, Texas
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2:59 pm PDT, Mar 28,
Leslie Fox, Texas
If you are so stupid as to not to be able to understand why these workers need help and protection you are to stupid to be in office !!!
If you are so stupid as to not to be able to understand why these workers need help and protection you are to stupid to be in office !!!
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11:08 am PDT, Mar 28,
Dee Clifford, New York
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Carl Nylund, Missouri
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4:54 am PDT, Mar 28,
Brian Coffey, Massachusetts
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8:50 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Christian Ryan, Texas
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8:45 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Karen Lubanty, New York
Unbelievable, any hardworking human being who puts their life on the line everyday to be able to feed and clothe their family, MUST BE PROTECTED FROM INJURY OR A SENSELESS FATALITY!!
Unbelievable, any hardworking human being who puts their life on the line everyday to be able to feed and clothe their family, MUST BE PROTECTED FROM INJURY OR A SENSELESS FATALITY!!
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1:15 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Michelle Debus, California